Physician (B. ? , Merv – D. After
247/861) His full name was Ebü’l Hasen Alî b. Sehl Rabben et-Taberî, he was
known as İbn-i Rabben Taberî, though. It is not know exactly when he was born
and when he died, but we know that it is Merv where he was born. He was trained
by his father who himself was a physician, too. He learnt Greek,
Syriac, Arabic and Hebrew. Ebü’l
Hasan Ali who was interested in particularly medicine and science took
philosophy and astronomy lessons as well. Having completed his education, he
became a physician at Merv. He had resided in Baghdad to learn science. In 839
he went to Samarra and resumed his works in the care of Abbasid Caliph there.
Taberî who was one of the first scholars to do comparative studies on religious
served as a model for the next generations with his works on medicine and
pharmacology. Ebû Bekr Râzî spoke highly of him in his works and also he quoted
from his works about medicine and pharmacology.
WORKS:
Ed-Dîn
ved-Devle (about the science of the Kalam, superiority of Islam),
Tuhfet-ül-Mülûk, Keraş-ül-Haşve, Kitâbu
Menâfi-il-Edviye (about examination of drugs), Kitâbun fil-Emsâl vel-Edeb
alâ Mezheb-ir-Rûm vel-Arab, Kitâbu İrfâk-ul-Hayât, Kitâbu Hıfz-ıs-Sıhha (health
and sanitary controls), Kitâbun
fil-Hacâmat (the benefits of blood drawing and medical significance of it),
Kitâbun fî Tertîb-il-Ağdiyâ (about
food preparations and their usage), Firdevs-ül-Hikme
(about public health and the art of medicine).
REFERENCE: Muhammed Kürd Ali
/Ali b. Rabben (1947), Necip Taylan / TDV İslam Ansiklopedisi (c. 2, s.
434-436, 1989), İhsan Işık / Ünlü Bilim Adamları (Türkiye Ünlüleri Ansiklopedisi,
C. 2, 2013) - Encyclopedia of Turkey’s Famous People (2013).